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Second Book in the Series Edward Marston is just one of the pseudonyms of author Keith Miles. He has been a university lecturer, radio, television, and theatre dramatist, and in addition to writing has worked as an actor, director, and dramatist. He has written a large number of books with historical themes, perhaps the most well known being his Domesday series. These revolve around the census of 1086 and a series of mysteries featuring the Elizabethan theatre as their background. Once you have become familiar with an author's... more info
Martons is on time with this series! Edward Marston has four quite successful historical fiction mysteries. In his newest of these (the Inspector Robert Colbeck Series), Marston explores yet another era in British history, the Victorian Age, and more specificially, his protagonist Colbeck is a Scotland Yard detective who not only specializes but thrives on railway cases. In this the second of the series, "The Excursion Train," Colbeck and his assistant Sergeant Leeming are called in to investigate a bizarre murder on an excursion train... more info
Entertaining Read and a good series of stories Excursion train is a nicely paced whodunnit. The murder happens at the start of the book and the story of the investigation unfolds leaving you guessing and re-assessing your guess as you go along. The book is littered with beliveable characters doing believable things and does not lead you to be incredulous as to dismiss anything. The detctive does not have a super human ability, for example the Sherlock Holmes eye for the slightest detail, nor an accomplice such as Patrica Cornwall's Medical... more info
Entertaining read After thoroughly enjoying the first in this series by Marston, The Railway Detective, I picked up The Excursion Train. I wasn't disappointed as this one had more of the same intriguing plot, likeable characters and colourful scenes. Robert Colbeck, dandy-cum-inspector, is a very readable hero and I look forward to the third in the series coming out in paperback.
